It was a premeditated act of revenge.

“Chief Taylor, we’ve got bad news!” Another policeman rushed over, covered in sweat. “The killer is at the rooftop with a hostage! He threatened to jump to his death with the hostage if we refused to release him.”

Then, he handed a phone to Cyrus. Cyrus took the phone and saw the scene of Denver bellowing at the policemen with a female hostage in his arms.

His eyes widened in shock as he recognized a pale-looking and tear-stricken Lauren in Denver’s grip. His heart sank, and panic surged through his veins.

How could Lauren be the hostage?

Cyrus, who had always dealt with the toughest armed criminals with calm, found himself breathing unevenly. He immediately dashed toward the rooftop.

At the same time, Angelina rushed toward him with fury in her eyes, holding Lauren’s teddy bear.

hostage… Madam Lauren? Is that

nodded with a serious face. She looked like

offered, “I’ll go with

in a panic, but your presence will only worsen the situation. You know nothing about the criminal, and you

misty eyes. His tone softened. “Have faith in the police; trust

to plead with Cyrus and placed all her hope on him, even when she knew he was a thorn

I’ll risk my life to save Lauren because it’s my duty as

“Do not alert Landon Harper just yet. He’s a hottempered man. I fear he might show up with his men to blow up the school in

five minutes to race up the rooftop from the first floor and memorize the background information of Denver

to structure the negotiation and construct various scenarios to

had been involved in hostage rescue countless times. He had even faced criminals armed with knives and hostages with bombs planted on

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